[AstroNet] Astronomers of Timbuktu - Speak to the Scientist 29 Oct

[Thandi O-Hagan]

Dear All

In celebration of the International Year of Astronomy you are invited to
our final Speak 2 the Scientist for 2009.  The event aspires to be a
star-studded affair with the premiere of the movie Ancient Astronomers
of Timbuktu.

This beautifully crafted scientific heritage film captures the unfolding
story of the secrets of the manuscripts of Timbuktu as told by ancestors
of the traders, academics and scribes who safeguarded them through the
tumultuous past few hundred years and the men and woman involved in
their conservation and research today.  It follows investigative and
collaborative research - revealing details of daily life and the
importance and relevance of Islam to scientific knowledge in medieval
Timbuktu. 

Dr. Graham Dominy, the senior government official involved with the
Timbuktu Manuscripts project will join us as the Scientist for the
evening.  Dr. Dominy, producer, Sharron Hawkes, and director, Guy
Spiller, will all be on hand to answer questions after the movie. 

For more information on the DVD visit the website: 
www.astronomersoftimbuktu.com <http://www.astronomersoftimbuktu.com/> 

You are also invited to join Claire Flanagan (of the Johannesburg
Planetarium) after the event for another first: Stargazing on the
rooftop of the newly launched education building of Sci-Bono.

Film Premiere:  "Ancient Astronomers of Timbuktu"

Scientist: Dr. Graham Dominy is the National Archivist of South Africa &
the senior government official involved with the Timbuktu Manuscripts
Project. He has lengthy experience as an archivist, a museum curator and
as a cultural bureaucrat."

DATE: Thursday 29 October 2009

TIME: 6:30 pm for 7:00 pm 

VENUE: The Sci-Bono Discovery Centre

RSVP: bookings at sci-bono.co.za <mailto:bookings at sci-bono.co.za/> / 
speaktoascientist at sci-bono.co.za
<mailto:speaktoascientist at sci-bono.co.za> 

Make sure friends and family don't miss out, pass on the email!  Don't
forget to join the Face Book group.

 

 

Thandi O'Hagan 
Education Officer 
SCI-BONO DISCOVERY CENTRE 
thandi at sci-bono.co.za 
direct line: 011 639 8428 
fax: 011 832 3360 
switchboard: 011 639 8400 
Cnr Miriam Makeba/ President St, Newtown, Johannesburg 
www.sci-bono.co.za <http://www.sci-bono.co.za/>  

"Anyone who tries to make a distinction between education and
entertainment doesn't know the first thing about either."
- Marshall McLuhan

 

 

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